There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

The president, who has flirted with regal rhetoric, wants a historic copy of America’s founding document placed in the Oval ...

Trump asked about using the original document, which is on display at the National Archives, as Oval Office décor. Instead, ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

We have hired a government to protect our speech, not to tell us how to live. Instead, it does whatever will keep it in power ...

Congress refrained from publishing the Declaration of Independence with a list of the signers until six months later when America won its first great victory in the war. Wrote New Jersey delegate ...

The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2 ... Ben Franklin, in particular, wrote scores of letters. But that Button guy? Finding his signature wasn’t so easy.

One Man’s Epic Quest To Uncover The First, True Declaration of Independence, has the advantage of covering both of those angles. Fleming’s book is largely focused on an event from that second ...

President Donald Trump has hung a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office, according to images he shared ...

Congress refrained from publishing the Declaration of Independence with a list of the signers until six months later when America won its first great victory in the war. Wrote New Jersey delegate ...

President Trump is displaying a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office after requesting it from the ...

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.